Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-04-08
A DARING ROBBERY.


One of the most daring pieces of robbery
every known in this city occurred Satur-
day afternoon about o'clock at the Office
of A. g. Whlttemore, when money and pa
pers to the value of about $4,000 were
taken. Mr.. Whittemore stepped out to the
bank to make deposit leaving, Mrs. Whit
temore in the Office and a few minutes after
ward she was called into Frissell Il Bailey's
Office to answer a telephone call. On her
return she met in the hall a woman, who
subsequently proved to be Il widow named
Eunice Walch and who asked If Mr..
Whittemore was in. Almost Immediately
the latter made his appearance when the
woman said she wanted to rent certain
house that had been advertised. After
ascertaining terms, etc, she took her
departure, ostensibly to visit the
house to see whether or not
it would suit her. A short time after she
left Mr.. Whittemore started to obtain
some change from tin box which he
took from his safe just previous to start
ing for the bank, aud to his surprise he
found it missing Suspicion was at once
directed to Mrs. Walch, who wore a large
cloak, under which Il small cash box
could readily be concealed.
The authorities were at once notified
and search was ut once begun for the
woman. Sheriff Barton learned that she
had not been to examine the house which
she expressed Il desire to rent, but no
fnrther trace was found of her and 1t was
not until 5 O'Clock in the evening that 1t
was learned that she lived in Mechanics
lane. Chief of Police Adsit and Officers
Dumas and Wheeler, accompanied 10y Mr..
Whittemore, Immediately visited the
house and found Mrs. Walch evidently
making arrangements to move, as the con
tents We're in a state OF great confusion.
She was at once accused of the theft,
which she denied and began to sob
Historically. a thorough search of
the premises failed to reveal the presence
of the cash box or any of its contents, but
during the search the officers found the
| following goods, all of which were evident
| ly stolen : two pairs trousers unworn,
with the dealers tags still on them -four
| yards brocude velvet seven yards Ham
! burg f!ouncing. three yards all over en-
brodery, one dress pattern of black silk
uncut, one dress pattern of garnet silk
partially made up, three black skirts OF
! Henrietta cloth and one skirt of OLIVE
green, all of fine material, one pair gen
tleman's Alaska overshoes.
Mrs. Walch was taken to Jail, where the
officers searched her clothing She strug
gled violently, and dming the search she
| took from her bosom roll of bills con
! tanning .iU OF SiU, NIlCU SUt Threw III uil
| der Il table, but one of the officers saw tn,
motion and secured the money. Furthe
search disclosed the fact that she had ;
wallet containing about - in silver con
cealed in one of her stockings. Sn,
finally saw that further attempt Il
cOncealment was useless, and sh'
practically admitted taking the casl
box but denied that she knew it
present whereabouts. A young MAJ
named f. Y. Davis, who claims that h
was boarding with Mrs. Walch was foun,
at the house. and later it was deemed hes
to take him in custody so that he was &C
cordingly lodged in Jail. He wore pal
of cuff buttons which were stolen from
r.. p. Shaw's store, but he claims tina
Mrs. Walch gave them to HIM.
The cash box is supposed to have con
tanned about so in money and $4,000 o
Sll 900 worth of mortgage notes and stock
The paper is for the most part not negOtia
bic. Many of the papers are on recOrt
and all are copied that they will be OF lit
tie or no value To anyone except the owner
Mrs Nalch tells conflicting stories bu
the authorities expect that they will b
able to Recover the missing papers.
No Trace of the Missing Papers-Anothe
Young Man Arrested.
There are no very important develop
ments in the case of the robbery of cas-
box from \. G. Whttemore's Office Sat
urday afternoon. Mrs. Wach has toll,
many conflicting stories, among them be
ing one to the effect that young ma
with whom she was acquainted in New
ark and who had been here in Bun
lington for a few days had come t
her house and asked for piece of pape
to wrap up what she thought was til
trunk. She.sent a letter to him Monda
morning at Rutland and Officer Duma
went there to look up the matter. II
could get no trace of any such person bu
did arrest young man who answered he
description perfectly. When he wa
brought before her she said she had neve
seen him before.
Upon request of the woman who claime
that this young man had been in her celia
and other places the officers made a NOR
thorough search of her cellar, but foun
nothing, They are not yet satisfied, how
ever, and will search again.